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Friday, September 13, 2019

Amaravati Buddhist monastery St Margarets, Great Gaddesden Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire HP1 3BZ England

Amaravati Buddhist monastery St Margarets, Great Gaddesden Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire HP1 3BZ England


This month I spent 12 days as a lay guest at Amaravati, getting up at 4.00am each day and helping with work and enjoying the local countryside.


www.amaravati.org


The Monastery is currently being rebuilt for a Sustainable World

























































































































Sacred Bodhi Tree







Library 


























Cottage Heartwood House 







The Book of Joy 
Dali Lam and Desmond Tutu




Sunrise on a foggy day





Fungus in woods






Heartwood House an anonymous gift 























Meditation in the Temple






Stupa misty morning















Monks in Sala Mealtime 







Monks Meditating in temple







Moon and Stupa 






Moving Books Heartwood House






New Nuns accommodation 










Nuns Chanting 






































Buddha Sculpture 






















Sunset 
























Amaravati Woods